Today, Microsoft kicked off the annual partner conference, Inspire. Like Ignite, the annual developers conference that was held earlier this year, this conference will offer a peek at what we might expect from Microsoft in the coming months. This conference important to us at Kiefer and we follow the announcements closely. We can see where …
Many organizations that have invested in Microsoft 365 are still trying to figure out how to best leverage the apps and features that Microsoft 365 has to offer. Today, we are releasing a new eBook called, The Modern Workplace Playbook, a practical guide for I.T. leaders that are focusing on creating a plan and strategy …
I’ve been at Kiefer Consulting for 6 years. I often say that I am fortunate to work with some brilliant individuals that have a rare mix of technical skill and a strategic mindset. We have written a blog about what to expect when working with our team and the importance of team chemistry, but we …
As we look back on the immense changes that we’ve seen over the last 2 years, I find great interest in the speed in which organizations (and individuals) embraced new technology. There are many technologies that had been underutilized or undervalued until the pandemic. Here are a few technologies that we couldn’t live without during …
Kiefer Consulting built our reputation as a “SharePoint Shop”. We have encountered both SharePoint advocates and SharePoint “haters”. The wide range opinions about SharePoint are oftentimes influenced by implementation. Good implementations of SharePoint connect users to information in the flow of work. But, what we often encounter is poorly configured instances of SharePoint and untrained …
Typically, before starting a project, we recommend that we start with an assessment. In our experience, we’ve had clients push to move quickly from the Planning phase to the Execution phase of the project. This may be done for a variety of reasons. Some of the reasons we see clients interested in accelerating the Planning …
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A few of us from Kiefer Consulting attended the M365 Conference in Las Vegas (April 5-April 7). The conference featured an all-star lineup of speakers. Many of the speakers work for Microsoft and I’ve been fortunate to have heard them speak in the past at SharePoint Saturday events. It was great to see so many …
An organization’s intranet is the place where employees can go for trusted, published content. Over the last couple of years, as employees have moved to hybrid or fully remote, the intranet is increasingly important. Intranets is how workers stay informed about relevant happenings within the organization. In 2019, the Kiefer team attempted to create a …
As a Microsoft Gold Partner, Kiefer Consulting is a trusted advisor to many departments in the State of California. We can help your organization leverage your investment in Microsoft 365 and assist you in rolling out new capabilities and applications. Over the last year, we have been supporting clients in the deployment of modern workplace …
When Teams was first released for government customers, there was common resistance to deploying it. Many customers had questions related to governance, sprawl and adoption. So, despite our enthusiasm for the product, many clients delayed their deployment of Teams. In March 2020, organizations found that they were desperate for an application that could be used …
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